Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

Men's 1000 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates	February 19, 1980
Competitors	41 from 19 nations
Winning time	1:15.18
Medalists
Eric Heiden   United States Gaétan Boucher   Canada Vladimir Lobanov   Soviet Union Frode Rønning   Norway
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The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 19 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: ^{[3] [4]}

World record	Eric Heiden  (USA)	1:13.60	Davos, Switzerland	13 January 1980
Olympic record	Peter Mueller  (USA)	1:19.32	Innsbruck, Austria	12 February 1976

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
19 February	Pair 1	Eric Heiden	United States	1:15.18	OR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	1	i	Eric Heiden	United States	1:15.18	–	OR
	1	o	Gaétan Boucher	Canada	1:16.68	+1.50
	4	i	Vladimir Lobanov	Soviet Union	1:16.91	+1.73
	3	i	Frode Rønning	Norway	1:16.91	+1.73
5	5	o	Peter Mueller	United States	1:17.11	+1.93
6	4	o	Bert de Jong	Netherlands	1:17.29	+2.11
7	18	o	Andreas Dietel	East Germany	1:17.71	+2.53
8	10	o	Oloph Granath	Sweden	1:17.74	+2.56
9	5	i	Sergey Khlebnikov	Soviet Union	1:17.96	+2.78
10	3	o	Lieuwe de Boer	Netherlands	1:17.97	+2.79
11	6	i	Craig Kressler	United States	1:18.37	+3.19
12	7	i	Terje Andersen	Norway	1:18.52	+3.34
13	15	o	Jan Józwik	Poland	1:18.83	+3.65
14	20	o	Pertti Niittylä	Finland	1:18.85	+3.67
15	19	i	Anatoly Medennikov	Soviet Union	1:18.92	+3.74
16	2	i	Jan-Åke Carlberg	Sweden	1:19.13	+3.95
17	2	o	Jan Egil Storholt	Norway	1:19.34	+4.16
18	9	o	Emmanuel Michon	France	1:19.43	+4.25
19	15	i	Kaoru Fukuda	Japan	1:19.66	+4.48
20	6	o	Jacques Thibault	Canada	1:19.79	+4.61
21	8	i	Hilbert van der Duim	Netherlands	1:19.89	+4.71
22	17	i	Lee Yeong-Ha	South Korea	1:20.04	+4.86
23	11	o	Masayuki Kawahara	Japan	1:20.88	+5.70
24	14	i	Zhao Weichang	China	1:20.97	+5.79
25	8	o	Kazuaki Ichimura	Japan	1:21.05	+5.87
26	7	o	Steffen Doering	East Germany	1:21.19	+6.01
27	14	o	Craig Webster	Canada	1:21.47	+6.29
28	18	i	Giovanni Paganin	Italy	1:21.50	+6.32
29	16	i	Colin Coates	Australia	1:21.68	+6.50
30	20	i	Jukka Salmela	Finland	1:21.78	+6.60
31	18	i	Vasile Coroş	Romania	1:21.89	+6.71
32	17	o	Li Huchun	China	1:22.10	+6.92
33	13	o	Dezideriu Jenei	Romania	1:22.66	+7.48
34	20	i	Mike Richmond	Australia	1:23.30	+8.12
35	12	i	Esa Puolakka	Finland	1:23.54	+8.36
36	12	o	Wang Nianchun	China	1:24.20	+9.02
37	16	o	Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa	Mongolia	1:24.84	+9.66
38	19	o	Dorjiin Tsenddoo	Mongolia	1:27.00	+11.82
39	9	i	Herbert Schwarz	West Germany	1:44.23	+29.05
40	13	i	Archie Marshall	Great Britain	2:00.93	+45.75
-	11	i	Johan Granath	Sweden	DNF

References

1. "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
3. "1000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
4. "1000m Men Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 3, 2016.